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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: Because you are now thinking that you are out of the ocean of
Consciousness.
D.: I practise pranayama. It generates heat in the body. What should
I do?
M.: The heat will pass away when the mind gains calm
D.: That is true but most difficult.
M.: This is again a thought which is an obstacle.
Talk 473.
Someone remarked: It is said that they get mukti unasked who live or
die within a radius of 30 miles round Arunachala. It is also admitted
that only by jnana is liberation obtained. The purana also remarks
that Vedanta Vijnana is difficult to get. So mukti is difficult. But life or
death round about the Hill bestows mukti so easily. How can it be?
M.: Siva says, “By My command.” Those who live here need no initiation,
diksha, etc., but get mukti.. Such is the command of Siva.
D.: The purana also says that those who are born here are Siva’s group
of followers, such as ghosts, spirits, disembodied beings, etc.
M.: So it is said of other kshetras as well, e.g., Tiruvarur, Chidambaram.
D.: How does mere life or death here confer mukti? It is difficult to
understand.
M.: Darsanad Abhrasadasi jananat Kamalalaye, Kasyantu maranam
muktih smaranad Arunachale.
“To see Chidambaram, to be born in Tiruvarur, to die in Benares,
or merely to think of Arunachala, is to be assured of Liberation.”
Jananat Kamalalaye means “by being born in Kamalalaya”. What
is it? It is the Heart.
Similarly, Abhrasadasi - Seat of Consciousness. Again, Kasi is
the Light of Realisation. Remembering Arunachala completes the
verse. It must also be understood in the same sense.
D.: So bhakti is necessary.
M.: Everything depends on the outlook. One sees that all born in
Tiruvarur, or visiting Chidambaram, or dying in Banares, or
contemplating Arunachala, are muktas.
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